Overview
- The India Meteorological Department has active heavy-rain warnings for Kerala, Tamil Nadu (including Puducherry and Karaikal), Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Sikkim.
- The IMD forecasts the southwest monsoon will withdraw further into parts of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and north interior Karnataka over the next two to three days.
- Thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds driven by a western disturbance, cyclonic circulations and a Gulf of Mannar trough will keep showers scattered across northwest, central, east and southern India.
- Chhattisgarh could see winds of 40–50 km/h with gusts to 60 km/h, and Kerala is likely to receive continued heavy downpours through October 11.
- Delhi-NCR is expected to get only isolated showers while its seven-day average air quality index has risen to 171, signalling a near-term worsening of pollution that follows the monsoon's retreat.